National Probation Service: Manpower

Lisa Nandy: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many probation service employees of each grade there were in probation areas on 31 December  (a) 2006,  (b) 2007,  (c) 2008 and  (d) 2009; and if he will make a statement.

Crispin Blunt: The staff in post figures for the probation service by job group at 31 December 2006-2009 are shown in the following table.
	The table shows that there was an overall decrease in staff in post over the period of 1,339.26 FTE (down 6.3%).
	
		
			  Job group  2006  20 0 7  2008  2009 
			 Area/District Manager 174.39 185.60 198.74 160.78 
			 Assistant Chief Officer 306.50 300.68 269.38 281.66 
			 Chief Officer 42.00 42.00 42.00 42.00 
			 Deputy Chief Officer 80.35 72.17 53.50 42.81 
			 Middle Manager 1,616.55 1,596.22 1,799.58 1,716.61 
			 Other operational staff 618.19 615.76 711.82 692.14 
			 Other staff 175.12 114.57 191.84 234.08 
			 Practice Development Assessor 192.35 171.89 174.61 104.16 
			 Probation Officer 5,398.88 5,368.16 5,363.77 5,318.87 
			 Probation Services Officer 6,326.01 6,060.30 5,609.96 5,583.13 
			 Psychologist 27.50 17.20 20.04 15.02 
			 Senior practitioner 286.77 258.05 220.02 183.08 
			 Support staff-administration 4,564.31 4,494.75 4,643.23 4,342.34 
			 Support staff-other 251.27 297.54 749.43 728.33 
			 Trainee Probation Officer 1,134.09 1,138.00 903.04 402.90 
			 Treatment Manager 176.70 161.47 186.71 177.99 
			 Not recorded 0.00 0.00 2.00 5.82 
			 Sum 21,370.98 20,894.36 21,139.67 20,031.72